NYSE halts trading in Amazon.com and Alphabet after glitch
Amazon.Com Inc.
$179.62
13:04 26/04/24
3.43%
$5.95
The New York Stock Exchange suspended trading in shares of Amazon.com, Booking Holdings, Zion Oil&Gas and Google- parent Alphabet as a result of a price scale code issue affecting BCCG execution reports, the trading venue said in a statement.
ALPHABET-A
$171.95
13:09 26/04/24
10.22%
$15.95
Nasdaq 100
17,718.30
12:15 26/04/24
1.65%
287.79
Wednesday's trading halt was instituted at roughly 1700 BST and was to remain in place for the entire session with any open orders in those financial securities set to be cancelled .
At the time of the glitch stock in Amazon.com was trading 4.1% lower, alongside a 0.7% advance in that of Alphabet.